Your Research Project: Designing and Planning Your Work (SAGE Study Skills Series) - Hardcover

Walliman, Nicholas Stephen Robert

9781849204613: Your Research Project: Designing and Planning Your Work (SAGE Study Skills Series)

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ISBN 10: 1849204616 ISBN 13: 9781849204613

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011

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In the third edition of this bestselling book, you′ll find everything you need to embark upon your research project and write your proposal with confidence. Written with the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in mind, Your Research Project will guide you through the process of formulating a research question, choosing your research methods, planning your research, and writing your proposal.

Fully updated and revised, the new edition features:

o A comprehensive introduction to the purpose and nature of research

o Expanded coverage of writing a research plan or proposal

o An overview of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, as well as more on mixed methods research designs

o New sections on digital media and online research methods

o Exercises and examples to provide students from across the social sciences with the practical tools needed to succeed in their project.

Nicholas Walliman is Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University.

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About the Author

Dr Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Associate Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and is a former research associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. He has been engaged on a series of nationally and internationally funded research projects on aspects of building technology and has published many research papers. He has also supervised and examined numerous PhD, MPhil and Masters students. He has published a number of books on doing research and writing papers, dissertations and theses.

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